Bonds voted to All Star team

[SentToStud]

It's useless to try to compare Ruth and Bonds or any two who played 80 years apart. Ruth didn't face black or latin pitchers. Then again, Bonds has had the advantage of a 30-team MLB compared to 16 for Ruth. But then again, nobody's going to mistake Rich Aurellia or RayRay Durham for Lou Gehrig. And just because Ruth pitched and pitched well doesn't mean much. If Bonds pitched, he probably would have been good.

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Originally Posted by SentToStud

Ruth didn't face black or latin pitchers. .

With the exception of Pedro Martinez what other great Black or Latin Pitchers has Bonds faced on a regular basis? Dontrelle Willis? Please.

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Originally Posted by SentToStud

But then again, nobody's going to mistake Rich Aurellia or RayRay Durham for Lou Gehrig.

Ruth has 6 outstanding seasons before Gehrig playing like Gehrig covered him in the lineup.

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Originally Posted by SentToStud

And just because Ruth pitched and pitched well doesn't mean much. If Bonds pitched, he probably would have been good.

Are you kidding me?

Does not mean much? He was the best PITCHER AND HITTER in the league. Outside of little league where does that happen in sports? The guy won 20 games a year as a pitcher and destroyed the record book as a hitter and you are not impressed? And if Bonds had been a pitcher he probably would have been good? That is a classic.

[horseofcourse]

Basically, what Babe Ruth did compared to today, is say Roger Clemens quit pitching at 27 after he'd won a couple Cy's and then went on to hit say 600 homers the rest of his career. We simply cannot comprehend Babe Ruth in today's standards. He was the best or close to the best pitcher in the game, yet was so good hitting, he stopped pitching.

He wasn't a good pitcher in his day...he was on his way to becoming an all-time great pitcher when he stopped.

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

Basically, what Babe Ruth did compared to today, is say Roger Clemens quit pitching at 27 after he'd won a couple Cy's and then went on to hit say 600 homers the rest of his career. We simply cannot comprehend Babe Ruth in today's standards. He was the best or close to the best pitcher in the game, yet was so good hitting, he stopped pitching.

He wasn't a good pitcher in his day...he was on his way to becoming an all-time great pitcher when he stopped.

Very well put